Alfred de Musset Quote

Society, that distills so many poisons, resembles that serpent of India whose abode is the leaf of the plant that cures its bite: society usually offers a remedy for the sufferings it causes.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


Society, that distills so many poisons, resembles that serpent of India whose abode is the leaf of the plant that cures its bite: society usually...

Society, that distills so many poisons, resembles that serpent of India whose abode is the leaf of the plant that cures its bite: society usually...

Society, that distills so many poisons, resembles that serpent of India whose abode is the leaf of the plant that cures its bite: society usually...

Society, that distills so many poisons, resembles that serpent of India whose abode is the leaf of the plant that cures its bite: society usually...